Raghu Varma

Co-Founder

Philadelphia, PA, United States7 yrs 11 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led successful product launches leveraging AI/ML.
Achieved product-market fit within 7 months.
Received Operations Research Leadership Award.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Product Leader with expertise in SaaS and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data AnalysisData ScienceData VisualizationTeachingProduct ManagementProblem SolvingProject Management

Other Skills

Account ManagementAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsAnalyticsBacklog ManagementBusiness DevelopmentCustomer ServiceData StructuresDigital MarketingEnglishExploratory Data AnalysisExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)Feature EngineeringLead GenerationLeadership

About

Entrepreneurial and customer obsessed Data Product Leader with a Masters in Operations Research and 6+ years of experience driving product strategy and execution. Passionate about leveraging Data/AI to create safe, beneficial, and impactful products that drive positive change. Expertise in utilizing advanced AI/ML and statistical techniques to deliver measurable impact. Skilled in gathering user insights, defining success metrics, A/B testing, lean development and continuously iterating based on data-driven insights. Received the Operations Research Leadership Award for exceptional contributions to the masters program.

Experience

7 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 3 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Penske truck leasing

5 roles

Senior Manager, Data and AI Products

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 8 mos

Manager, Data Products

Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 · 11 mos

Associate Data Product Manager, Connected Data

Promoted

Oct 2023 – Sep 2024 · 11 mos

Data Scientist, Connected Data

Feb 2023 – Sep 2023 · 7 mos

Exploratory Data AnalysisPySparkSQLExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)Feature EngineeringPython (Programming Language)+2

Data Scientist, Connected Data

Jun 2022 – Jan 2023 · 7 mos

Data VisualizationData AnalysisAnalytical SkillsPython (Programming Language)AnalyticsStatistical Data Analysis+2

Cleveland clinic

Six Sigma Project

Jan 2022 – Apr 2022 · 3 mos · Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Data VisualizationData AnalysisAnalytical SkillsPython (Programming Language)AnalyticsStatistical Data Analysis+1

Weatherhead school of management at case western reserve university

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 · 4 mos · Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Tutored class of Data Mining and Visualization with over 100 students on R & Tableau for fall 2021
Assisted professor on grading and other teaching activities on regular basis

Data VisualizationData AnalysisAnalytical SkillsPython (Programming Language)AnalyticsStatistical Data Analysis+1

Railofy

Product Lead

Dec 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Led the end-to-end product lifecycle of Railofy's flagship travel protection product, leveraging customer research and AI/ML algorithms to develop machine learning solutions that addressed user pain points, resulting in a successful market launch and seamless user experience.
Achieved product-market fit within 7 months of launch, with bookings increasing from 2-3 per day to 10-12 per day post-market fit. Secured 1400+ policy bookings within the first 8 months post market fit launch.
Implemented ELK stack to create interactive dashboards monitoring core product metrics and user behavior patterns. Empowered the organization to embrace data-driven decision making for product optimization.
Leveraged user research, customer feedback, and product analytics to identify opportunities and conceptualize 2 new product offerings. Conducted rigorous testing and launched the offerings, resulting in a 33% increase in conversion rates.

Data VisualizationStatistical Data AnalysisTeaching

Nutriebasket

Founder

Mar 2019 – Oct 2019 · 7 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Launched a direct-to-consumer farm-to-fork delivery service aimed at combating nutritional deficiencies affecting 28% of the local Indian population. Conducted extensive research on regional dietary patterns and nutritional gaps.
Pivoted the business model from B2C to B2B partnerships with residential communities, focusing on providing nutritious meal options to address the dietary needs of the customers.

Data VisualizationProduct ManagementAnalytical SkillsProblem SolvingProject Management

Hiredgrad

Product Manager

Jul 2018 – Mar 2019 · 8 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Refined product-market fit through rapid experimentation and iterative testing of varied business model hypotheses. Analyzed engagement data and user feedback to arrive at the optimal business model.
Conceptualized and delivered an education financing solution in collaboration with Aditya Birla Capital. Disbursed $15K in vocational loans to ~250 candidates through partnerships with 7 leading education providers.
Owned end-to-end loan journey, driving process optimizations to reduce disbursal timeframes by 60%. Worked with internal (lending partners) and external stakeholders (education partners) to maximize efficiency.

Product ManagementProblem Solving

Instamojo

Senior Business Development Associate

Sep 2017 – Jun 2018 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

1. Mobilized a 3-member team to formulate a customer acquisition channel. Added 40 percent to Q4 - 2017 sales
2. Exceeded USD 500K in transactional volumes; received best performer award for Q1 – 2018

Product ManagementProblem SolvingProject Management

Hiredgrad

Operations and Business Development Associate

Apr 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

1. Administered cold email strategy to onboard 100+ companies and 30 universities in the UK.
2. Assisted founders with organizing career events and planning marketing campaigns in collaboration with university clubs